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A model organism is one that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Category:Model organisms” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.